Taxonomy

• Order: Fusobacteriales.
• Family: Fusobacteriaceae.
• Genus:Fusobacterium.
• Species: necrophorum.
• Subspecies: necrophorum necrophorum and necrophorum funduliforme.

• Worldwide.

• Is a normal commensal of the mouth, oropharynx, gut and genitourinary tract.
• Can be primary cause of disease as well as a frequent secondary invader of necrotic tissue.
• One of the most common anaerobic bacteria isolated from abscesses and respiratory tract infections in animals.

Refereed papers

• Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource.
• Johnson L R, Epstein S E, Reagan K L (2023) Etiology and effusion characteristics in 29 cats and 60 dogs with pyothorax (2010-2020). J Vet Int Med. 37 (3), pp 1155-1165 PubMed.
• Prabha K Bista, Deepti Pillai, Sanjeev K Narayanan (2022) Review on Fusobacterium necrophorum Putative Candidates for Vaccine Development Strategies: Outer Membrane Proteins and Outer Membrane Vesicles. Biomed J Sci & Tech Res 42 (3) BJSTR.
• Naragayan S K, Nagaraja T G, Chengappa M M et al (2001) Cloning, sequencing and expression of the leukotoxin gene from Fusobacterium necrophorum. Infect Immun 69 (9), 5447-5455 PubMed.
• Walker A L, Jang S S, Hirsh D C (2000) Bacteria associated with pyothorax of dogs and cats: 98 cases (1989-1998). J Am Vet Med Assoc 216 (3), pp 359-363 PubMed.
• Tan Z L, Nagaraja T G & Chengappa M M (1996) Fusobacterium necrophorum infections: virulence factors, pathogenic mechanism and control measures. Vet Res Commun 20 (2), 113-140 PubMed.

Other sources of information

• Veterinary Information Network. Website: www.vin.com.